KARACHI, Aug 18: Spinner Abdul Rasheed grabbed an eight-wicket haul as the match between Zone-VII Whites and Zone-V Blues ended in a dramatic tie in the KCCA Inter-zonal Under-15 Cricket Championship at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground on Friday.

Zone-VII Whites, batting first, were bowled out for 132 in the 44th over. Their total included an incredible 43 wides. Adil Shahzad made 33. Off-spinner Shoaib Khan captured five for 55.

Zone-V Blues, in reply, were spun out for 132 in the 40th over with off-spinner Abdul Rasheed returning splendid figures of 14.5-5-25-8. Rameez Rafiq scored 50 with five fours.

At the Student Ground, Zone-I Whites whipped Zone-VII Greens by 10 wickets in the shortest match of the day.

Zone-VII Greens were bundled out for 76 with paceman Wahid Ali claiming five for 14.

Zone-I Whites then romped home without any loss, scoring 77-0 in just 6.3 overs.

In the other match of the day, Zone-II Whites overwhelmed Zone-VI Blues by 101 runs.

Habib-ur-Rehman snapped-up five wickets for 52 runs to play role in his team’s triumph.

Summarised scores:

Zone-V Blues tied with Zone-VII Whites.

ZONE-VII WHITES 132 in 43.1 overs (Adil Shahzad 33; Shoaib Khan 5-55, Rameez Rafiq 3-37); ZONE-V BLUES 132 in 39.3 overs (Rameez Rafiq 50; Abdul Rasheed 8-25).

Zone-I Whites beat Zone-VII Greens by 10 wickets.

ZONE-VII GREENS 76 in 27.2 overs (Jahid Khan 5-14, Ahsan Ali Khan 2-10, Arsalan Hussain 2-14); ZONE-I WHITES 77-0 in 6.3 overs (Umar Imtiaz 29 not out).

Zone-II Whites beat Zone-VI Blues by 101 runs.

ZONE-II WHITES 194-9 in 50 overs (Hamza Naqvi 44, Ahmer bin Nasir 35, Ali Ahmed 34, Faisal Tahir 22; Arsalan Khadim Hussain 3-61, Maimoon Raza 2-44); ZONE-VI BLUES 93 in 33.3 overs (Habib-ur-Rehman 5-52, Imran Ahmed 2-4).—APP

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